Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Popular Searches
Free research papers
Free sample research...
Research paper forma...
Research paper topic...
Student research sam...
Steps to writing a r...
Completed research p...
Sample research pape...
Nearby Words
dragons mouth
dragons tail
dragons teeth
dragons-blood
dragons-head
dragons-mouth
dragons-tail
dragoon
dragoonade
dragoonage
dragout
dragrope
dragsaw
dragster
dragstrip
dragsville
draguignan
dragunov
dragway
drahthaar
drail
drain
drain basket
drain board
drain field
drain pipe
drain rod
drain spout
drain the bilge
drain the cup
drain the drago...
drain-board
drain-field
drain-pipe
drain-spout
drainage
drainage area
drainage basin
drainage ditch
drainage system
drainage tube
drail
[
dreyl
]
drail
/
dreɪl
/
Show Spelled
[
dreyl
]
Show IPA
Angling
.
noun
1.
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
verb (used without object)
2.
to fish by trolling with a drail.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Drail
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is
yaff
. Does it mean:
So is
bowdlerise
. Does it mean:
So is
skedaddle
. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to bark; yelp.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to spend time idly; loaf.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Origin:
1625–35;
Americanism
;
special use of
obsolete English,
Middle English
drail
to drag along, apparently alteration of
trail
under influence of
drag
,
draw
,
etc.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
drail
Collins
World English Dictionary
drail
(dreɪl)
—
n
1.
a weighted hook used in trolling
—
vb
2.
(
intr
) to fish with a drail
[C16: apparently from
trail
, influenced by
draw
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Drail
People who can define
Drail
may know
20,047
words, as many as a
7th grader.
How many words do you know?
Upgrade to Ad-free Premium Membership!
Quote Of The Day
"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."
-Catherine Drinker Bowen
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT